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Erno Dohnanyi - Piano Concertos 1 & 2

Dohnanyi's First Piano Concerto was composed in 1898 in response to a competition organised by the Bosendorfer piano company. It's a bold extensive piece. His Second Concerto is more compact, premiered in 1947, played by the ...

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Pavlik Records

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PA 0514-2-131

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MSR Classics,  present British pianist James Brawn’s Odyssey through all Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas, which he is recording in Potton Hall, Suffolk, England.  Newly released Volume 6 features rarely heard Sonata 4, in E-flat Major, Sonata 11 in B-flat Major and Sonata 12 in A-flat Major.   

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Roman Berger - Adagio

Roman Berger

Roman Berger (1930 - 2020), described as a composer of "restless and daring spirit." He composed these two Adagios between 1987 and 1990. The dedication to Jan Branny relates to his imprisonment for eight years by the Communist authorities for not turning in his mother for a crime she never committed.

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CD No: PA 0512-2-131

Label: Pavlik Records

Format: CD

Peter Janku - Memento

Peter Janku

Peter Janku's Memento can be heard as recalling a time before an event, it's 15 tracks set in the midst of booklet images of Ukrainian towns and cities as they are bombed to destruction.  

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CD No: EH 0070-2-331

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Evgeny Irshai - Bad Painting

Evgeny Irshai

For Evgeny Irshai, Russian born, but living in Slovakia since 1991, the cello "has a great range and can sound both very tender and brutally intense." Sounds of these elements are found in all the pieces on this album, introduced by the composer in his liner notes.

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CD No: PA 0511-2-131

Label: Pavlik Records

Format: CD